PROSECUTE NOW! BRING BACK THE GOVERNMENT OF, BY AND FOR WE THE PEOPLE!
For decades, Americans have groaned under the yoke of a government of, by and for the soulless, heartless billionaire donors. YOU do not have a representative anywhere in Washington.
Consequently, the earth faces annihilation and an entire people faces extinction.
NOT in my name, NOT on my dime!
But it’s not only wrong and immoral, it’s illegal.
Law on bribing! public officials
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter11&edition=prelim
18 USC Ch. 11: BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
From Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I—CRIMES
Section 203. Compensation to Members of Congress, officers, and others in matters affecting the Government.
The loophole:
For years candidates for public office have been exempted from anti-bribery laws, and bribery laws applying to the actual officials did not apply to them.
But New Jersey is closing this loophole: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2022/03/23/nj-bill-bribing-political-candidates-illegal/9454203002/
Who will follow suit?
Friends, the arms maker lobbies are dragging the world closer than ever to nuclear Armageddon. That’s OUR planet, not theirs!
And the Israel lobby is dragging us into supporting the massacring of thousands of children in Palestine. Did you vote for this? Neither did I, but your Congress critter and Senator were paid by AIPAC to say yes to the crime syndicate called Israel. These scumbags have zero empathy, zero morality, but lots of greed. Every federal official who has taken even a penny from AIPAC must be arrested, thrown in jail and OUT of our sacred halls of Congress forever.
Imagine if your home had termites! You’d want them GONE ASAP, wouldn’t you?
Our Congress is infested with human termites and they have got to go. It’s either them or us.
They’re threatening all of life on earth and they’re threatening to exterminate every child in Palestine! Not in my name. Not on my dime.
PROSECUTE NOW!
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The ICJ finally said it, by implication: Israel is a crime syndicate posing as a country
But by extension, the US, which supports this crime syndicate, is a crime syndicate itself!
Israel was created by racists under White Man’s law. The ICJ has repudiated it based on “colorless” international law.
It’s a big stride toward the multipolar world order.
The US Constitution as originally written was expressly and explicitly for free land-owning white males.
It was clearly plutocratic, racist and sexist.
In many ways, we’ve come a long way since then, but when it comes to American Israel policy, we have returned to the Middle Ages and are stuck there. US foreign policy from here on out will endure a long, painful entry into the 21st Century. Almost all US lawmakers are bought and paid for by the Israel lobby – and also by the weapons makers. That means no end to the unjust and costly wars and the genocide in Palestine until the whole basis of the US system is overthrown or foreign powers impose the multipolar world order on a kicking and screaming American body politic.
Note, however, that there is no guarantee that the wars will end before nuclear Armageddon or that the genocide will end before the extermination of the last Palestinian. I don’t want that on my conscience and I doubt you want it on yours.And there IS something you can do.
If enough of us demand prosecution, we can make our government of, by and for us again.
July 19, 2024
ICJ opinion declaring Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful is historic vindication of Palestinians’ rights
Responding to the historic advisory opinion delivered today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and the consequences of Israel’s conduct for other states and the UN, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said:
“The International Court of Justice has issued its opinion and the conclusion is loud and clear: Israel’s occupation and annexation of the Palestinian territories are unlawful, and its discriminatory laws and policies against Palestinians violate the prohibition on racial segregation and apartheid.
“This is a historic vindication of the rights of Palestinians who have endured decades of cruelty and systematic human rights violations stemming from Israel’s unlawful occupation.
“The occupation is a key pillar of the system of apartheid that Israel uses to dominate and oppress Palestinians, and which has caused suffering on a mass scale. Palestinians have witnessed their homes being demolished, their lands expropriated to build and expand settlements, and have faced suffocating restrictions disrupting every aspect of their daily lives, from family separation and restrictions on freedom of movement to denial of access to land, water and natural resources.
“The ICJ opinion comes at a time when Israel has been flagrantly flouting international humanitarian law on a cataclysmic scale for the past nine months, carrying out deadly and unlawful attacks during its onslaught in the occupied Gaza Strip that have claimed an unprecedented toll on civilians. It has also been escalating illegal land grabs in the occupied West Bank, and authorizing the construction of more and more settlement units in occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem, all but entrenching and perpetuating the unlawful occupation. Israeli authorities have also consistently failed to comply with the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ to prevent genocide in Gaza. Israel must not be allowed to trample on international law any longer.
“The international community, and in particular Israel’s allies, must now take unequivocal action to ensure Israel ends its unlawful occupation, starting with the immediate halting of the expansion of Israeli settlements and reversing the annexation of Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and dismantling its brutal system of apartheid against Palestinians. Ending the occupation is crucial in order to stop the recurrent pattern of human rights violations across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
“Israel must withdraw its forces from all parts of the occupied territories, including the Gaza Strip and remove all settlers from the West Bank, including from the illegally annexed East Jerusalem. Israel must also relinquish control over all aspects of Palestinians’ lives, as well as ceding control of borders, natural resources, air space and territorial waters of the occupied territory. This means lifting the illegal blockade of Gaza and allowing Palestinians to travel freely between Gaza and the West Bank.”
Background
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and the consequences of Israel’s conduct for other states following an 18-month process including public hearings where more than 50 states, including Palestine, and three international organizations participated. The long-awaited advisory opinion stated that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is a clear violation of international law.
In July 2004, the ICJ issued a first advisory opinion finding that the construction of the separation wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories had to be halted because it was contrary to international law. Amnesty International had also argued that the construction of the wall violates international law and contributes to serious human rights violations.
The international community’s failure to implement the recommendations of the 2004 ICJ advisory opinion has emboldened Israel’s defiance of international law and reinforced its impunity.
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We are told that the ICJ’s decisions are unenforceable.
Actually, they’ve been enforced very effectively by the various Iran-backed resistance groups. The smirking human refuse in Washington and their mouthpieces in US newsrooms call them terrorists, but they are only terrorists if it is morally and legally legitimate to slaughter little children and their parents. If not, and we think it is not, then they are legitimate enforcers and the Washington scum are the bad guys.
Iran’s Support for Resistance Groups in Accordance with Int’l Law: Senior Diplomat
July, 17, 2024 - 09:44 Politics news
Iran’s Support for Resistance Groups in Accordance with Int’l Law: Senior Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The support that Iran has provided for resistance groups is legitimate within the framework of international law and pursues the purpose of ending the Zionist regime’s acts of occupation and aggression in the region, Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri said.
Addressing a high-level ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council on “multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order”, held in New York on Tuesday, Baqeri emphasized that Iran's support and solidarity with resistance groups in the region are legitimate under international law.
The full text of his statement is as follows:
Mr. President,
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Russian Federation for assuming the presidency of the Security Council and organizing this timely initiative.
Effective multilateralism is essential for ensuring international peace and security. We stress the importance of these initiatives in highlighting the need for multilateralism and underscoring the harmful consequences of selfish unilateralism.
As a founding member of the United Nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms its commitment to effective multilateralism, grounded in international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Allow me, Mr. President, to take this opportune occasion to share a few thoughts on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
1. The United Nations was created not only “to save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war” but also “to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples…”, among others. These and other lofty purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter could only be achieved through multilateral cooperation. Unilateralism is antagonistic both to peace and to justice.
2. Sovereign equality of States is the basic tenet of the United Nations system. This is based on the core principle of self-determination of every nation according to which they are entitled to decide their own destiny. The “prohibition of the use of threats or force”, and “peaceful settlement of disputes”, as well as “non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries”, are all purposed to protect sovereign nations from foreign aggression and to secure friendly relations among them. Unilateralism negates the United Nations’ basic tenets and fundamental principles. Unilateralism is an invitation to injustice, confrontation, and war.
3. The United Nations, as the greatest symbol of multilateralism, is exposed to woes of unilateralism. Regrettably, the Security Council has been abused by certain permanent members for their self-centered political or strategic agendas. On the one hand, they have leveraged the Council to exert pressure on other independent sovereign states and paralyzed the same body from any act to stop aggression and breach of the peace by their allies. Again, a very outstanding example is the United States’ decades-long vetoing of any meaningful decision to stop the Israeli regime’s persistent genocide of Palestinians and its frequent aggressions against nations of the region. I wish to emphasize that Iran's support and solidarity with resistance groups in the region is legitimate under international law and aims to end aggression and occupation. The resistance serves as a response to unilateralism and the biased support extended to the Israeli occupying regime, which is committing acts of genocide in Gaza and Palestine.
4. Multilateralism entails respect for the division of mandates among UN organs. The Security Council’s encroachment on issues beyond its mandate risks the integrity of the Charter. According to Article 25 of the Charter, the Council’s power is not limitless or arbitrary. It cannot override customary international law and international treaties. The unjust resolutions imposed against Iran during 2006-2010, based on unfounded claims by the United States about Iran’s nuclear program, were in clear violation of Iran’s rights under NPT and at the cost of my people’s fundamental human rights. Those responsible for these unlawful sanctions cannot evade accountability for the suffering inflicted on our people.
5. Unilateral coercive measures in the form of extraterritorial sanctions continue to showcase a blunt inhumane manifestation of radical unilateralism. The United States and its Western allies that reinforce those sanctions must be held accountable for untold suffering, death, and destruction they have caused on the targeted nations, including my own people.
Mr. President, distinguished delegates,
The Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently demonstrated its commitment to multilateralism, with a clear example being its constructive contribution to the conclusion of the JCPOA. This successful multilateral initiative addressed an unwarranted crisis and unfounded concern from the West regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear program, aiming to lift the illegal and unjust sanctions imposed on the Iranian nation. However, this multilateral process encountered a significant challenge due to the unilateral actions of the United States and its allies. The U.S. unilateral and unlawful withdrawal from the agreement exemplified unilateralism in the international arena, causing harm to all parties involved.
Equally important, Iran's good neighborliness policy highlights the importance of multilateralism in resolving common concerns and challenges. In this context, Iran pursues regional dialogue and cooperation to create an environment where resources can be devoted to the progress and development of the region for the benefit of all. Strengthening partnerships and cooperation for collective security and sustainable development in the region will be the cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign policy.
Mr. President, Excellencies,
In conclusion, I would like to emphasize the new approach and foreign policy of the elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which focuses on strengthening multilateralism in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law. His Excellency, Dr. Pezeshkian, the elected President, has recently outlined his primary foreign policy strategy, which aims to open new horizons and foster friendly relations with other nations based on dialogue, cooperation, equality, and mutual respect. This strategy places particular importance on neighboring countries and the broader region, as well as on maintaining constructive relationships with other states.
Mr. President,
As Secretary General has underlined, global challenges could be “solved only through respect for international law, adherence to global commitments and the adoption of appropriate frameworks of multilateral governance”. The Islamic Republic of Iran echoes this call and welcomes initiatives to further promote respect for international law. Multilateralism is key in this regard. We believe this is the only way to establish a safe, just, and inclusive environment where all nations can enjoy sustainable peace and thrive.
Thank you for your attention.
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Here’s your air strike update for July 20, 2024
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
UAV-detachment "Squadron" struck a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Military personnel of the UAV-detachment "Squadron" as part of the "Espaniola" brigade attacked a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Video from the scene of events on July 17 is published by Izvestia.
The presented footage shows a burning enemy support. A Ukrainian soldier reportedly got out and tried to put out the fire, but was unsuccessful. In addition, ammunition detonated at the location of the militants after the attack. A Russian serviceman and explosives engineer with the call sign Kelik also spoke about how a combat drone works.
“There should be aesthetics in everything. This is what the common people call a boiler. <...> If he flies inside the building, no one will be left alive,” he said in a conversation with Izvestia correspondent Alexander Safiulin.
The deputy commander of the Squadron, call sign Dozor, said that Espanyol has groups of UAVs of various types. For example, “Squadron” combines crews of both reconnaissance and attack FPV drones.
“We track traffic routes, identify points of temporary deployment, points of delivery, rotation, or evacuation. Over the past week, a communications center in the village of Chasov Yar was destroyed, as far as I know, after which they (the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Ed.) lost communications among their units,” the military man said.
According to him, communication failures in the enemy ranks allowed Russian assault units to move forward more successfully and safely.
Delivery service: UAV developed for remote mining
The Piranha FPV drone will be able to throw up to 15 kg of cargo over a distance of up to 15 km
On July 18, Espanyol also showed the work of drivers on the line of contact, who are the core of supporting fighters in positions. The fighters noted that at the moment it is safer to move to positions during the day. Cars are serviced daily after each trip. Each of them includes an electronic warfare (EW) system to counter drones.
The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of a worsening situation in the region.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
TopWar: Russian troops with “Gerans” [Russian made drones] destroyed an important supply center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kharkov
Author: Alena Zhilina
July 20, 2024, 12:35 — Silovoy Blok
Last night, Russian troops carried out a large-scale attack on a strategic facility of the Ukrainian army. Geran drones destroyed the enemy’s most important railway junction, Kiev-Kharkov and Kharkov-Kramatorsk, through which ammunition and military equipment were transported to various directions. The publication Voyennoe Ogozrenie Military reports this.
Also, Russian forces destroyed two strategic facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy and Chernigov oblasts. Kyiv authorities confirmed the strikes, but did not talk about the consequences. Internet users, based on photographs posted on Ukrainian resources, determined that the explosions were recorded at enemy power substations - Konotop 330 kV and Nezhinskaya 330/110/35/10 kV.
Two weeks ago, Ukraine's energy chief, Galushchenko, reported that Russian troops had destroyed more than 70 percent of Ukraine's energy sector. Moreover, Galushchenko called on the country's population to prepare for the worst winter of all time.
Earlier, Silovoy Blok reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces leaked the coordinates of the general’s bunker for attacks by Russian Kinzhals.
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20 July 2024
In the special operation zone, the Russian military destroyed enemy strongholds on the right bank of the Dnieper
Footage from the Ministry of Defense. The strike was carried out by drone operators. They also work as scouts. They monitor the movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces units around the clock and adjust artillery fire.
And in the area of responsibility of the West [Zapad] group, the militants’ fortifications were destroyed by Russian motorized riflemen and BMP-3 crews. They tried to hide the dugouts in the forest belt. Failed. The positions were discovered and eliminated.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two Patriot installations in Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported in its summary that the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two launchers and a radar station of the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine.
As noted in the document, this equipment was destroyed during strikes carried out over the past 24 hours by operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery.
In addition, the defeat was inflicted on enemy concentrations of manpower and military equipment in 113 regions, the Russian defense department emphasizes.
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The Resistance fronts, including the Houthis, are the de facto enforcement arm of the ICJ. The entire combined West calls them terrorists, but they are NOT terrorists. They are resistors, which is just the opposite. The Combined West are terrorists because they support the Israeli crime syndicate, which the ICJ has admitted is guilty of serious atrocity crimes.
This is why Arab journalists refuse to call this entity a state or give it the name “Israel.” A crime syndicate and a state are two separate and unrelated things.
You should NOT call the resistors terrorists. They are the only ones attempting to bring justice to the Palestinian using the required force.
The Houthis struck deep into Israel with an Iranian-made attack drone likely upgraded for longer-range strikes, IDF says
Story by jepstein@businessinsider.com (Jake Epstein)
Read the story here
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They’re shadow banning our posts
https://mailchi.mp/ifamericansknew/please-help-us-overcome-twitter-shadow-banning?e=ebbe9c8233
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CA
Politics creates a FALSE division in American society
Can anyone claim that Americans are not a divided people? It's an obvious, simple, inescapable fact that they are.
The United States is bifurcating; splitting into two societies, but the electoral process and the artificial divisions between the two political parties only serve to mask the real divide in America. The real division is between the few who are getting mega-rich while the vast majority of Americans are watching their incomes stagnate or decline. Politics pits the 99% of Americans against one another to keep them from joining forces against those who are getting filthy rich at their expense.
To a large extent, the wealth divide in America is the natural result of capitalism, and is not anyone's intentional objective, but what makes it bad in the United States is that the government has become the tool of the rich, the US government is a tool the rich use to funnel wealth and power into their hands, and then to protect that wealth. They do this through national policies like a counterproductive and expensive "tough on crime" policy, tax policies that favor the rich, national policies of short-term "business-oriented" investment policies (at the cost of long-term and sustainable growth), and by slashing spending in key areas of education, science, medical care, and technology in order to pay for increase military spending for America's vast foreign empire.
The American political system has become one that promotes tactics of fear and divisiveness and hatred instead of unity and the collective interests of all Americans. Politics is a huge waste of time and energy, and it is a diversion from the real problem in the US, a corporate-owned security state. In a word, fascism.
Just like it sows the seeds of hatred and unrest in countries around the world, the power elite attempts to destabilize the USA by pitting Americans against one another. And they're doing that very successfully.
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Don't let mere politics unduly affect your decisions or influence your worldview.
Our thanks to CA
https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2024/07/20/hezbolla-obstrelyala-pozicii-cahal
July 19, 2024
Hezbollah fired on IDF positions
Hezbollah said it fired at Israeli military positions 16 times on Friday.
“On Friday, July 19, the Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) carried out a number of operations against the positions and deployment sites of the Israeli enemy army,” the movement said in a statement.
The situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border worsened after the start of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip in October 2023. The Israeli army and Hezbollah fire daily at each other's positions in areas along the border. According to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry, about 100 thousand people were forced to leave their homes in southern Lebanon due to Israeli shelling. The Israeli side reported about 80 thousand residents of northern Israel who found themselves in a similar situation.
In recent weeks, the Israeli military has reported killing a number of senior Hezbollah commanders and operatives in airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The movement responds to each liquidation with massive shelling of northern Israel with the launch of dozens of rockets and drones. Often shelling from Lebanon leads to fires in northern Israel, where hundreds of hectares of land have already been scorched.
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More than 200 congressional staffers sign letter protesting Netanyahu address
BY BRAD DRESS - 07/18/24 10:26 AM ET